He wanted to be a Ranger and wanted to be a Cardinal, but he didn’t want a bullpen spot and neither team wanted to pay him $10 million (like the Tigers had reportedly offered to).

Instead, he’ll conduct his own personal spring training, keeping his arm and legs in shape on his own, and hope for a phone call sometime between now and whenever from a team that finds itself needing a starter, even if it’s well into the season. And he’s hoping that call will come from one of last year’s World Series clubs.

It’s such a radically different time for this franchise, in so many ways.

Don’t forget that Eric Nadel will DJ at 1 p.m. today on public music radio station KXT-FM 91.7. You can listen live at http://kxt.org/listen/.

Thanks for the early sales on the e-Book project. First 48 hours: 900 copies sold. That’s cool. Appreciate it.

If you need some weekend reading, it may hold you down a while. Details here.

It even includes a whole section on the five-year pursuit of Darvish, in case you find yourself suffering from Yu-withdrawals.

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